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FTU

The main purpose of FTU tokamak is to study and optimize techniques of reduction of the impurities in plasma using different elements, i.e., liquid metal first wall materials .

Quoted verbatim from the IAEA World Survey of Fusion Devices, not paraphrased.
Operator
ENEA
Type
Fusion device
Approach
Tokamak
Country
IT
Status
Operating
Built
1990
Ownership
public

Measurements

0.935 m Major radius claimed

0.3 m Minor radius claimed

0.04 MA Plasma current claimed

8 T On-axis magnetic field claimed

1.5 s Plasma duration claimed

nominal